Girls Just Want to Have Fun

The third weekend in May, us Tricia Ct girls, piled in my car, waved goodbye to the husbands and children and sped away - to Hocking Hills! As a send off to Candi (and for having survived the move to TN in general), we did a girls weekend of relaxing and hiking and vegging out. We drove done Friday evening, went hiking and hung out Saturday and drove back home Sunday. It was a fast weekend, but tons and tons of fun! We rented a really nice cabin very close to the state park with a hot tub and all the fixings. We hiked Old Man's Cave, which is beautiful. I want to go back!

10 Days Short of 1 Year Anniversary

Oh Nicholas...So, this was the day that I got that infamous phone call from day care - 'We had a bit of an accident, and it looks like Nick is going to need some stitches'. Yup, as soon as I heard the admin's voice on the phone, I just started to pack up my stuff and head for the door, before she could even tell me what had happened. Nick was playing on the playground and apparently grew about 1/4" overnight because what he thought he could run under yesterday, didn't quite make the cut today. And he took a big chuck out of the top of his head. I like the incident report from school - Blow to Head. Because partial scalping wasn't an option. Thank goodness the administrator has two boys herself and knows how this works. She was very calm with me, but I get the feeling Nick's teachers weren't so calm when it happened. I would like to state, he was all cleaned up and blood free by the time I got there, which I really appreciated! His teachers had the hard job of cleaning up all that blood!

So I picked him up, assessed the damage, agreed, some sutures would be required and took him over to the ER. The daycare admin had put a bandaid in his hair to kind of keep dust out of it, but I think it was really just to make Nick feel better. I walk into the ER, look at the girl at the front desk and said, 'So we are going to be needing some stitches' She just kind of looked at me and gave a little chuckle. She asked if we had been there before and I said yes, almost exactly a year ago. She confirmed, it had in fact be 10 days short of one year. Way to be consistent, Nick. 

So, we got back to a room right away, saw the nurse, blah blah blah. Nick was totally unphased. He just wanted to watch TV. I had to threaten to turn it off if he didn't respond to the nurse's questions (they were still evaluating him for a concussion since he hit his head so hard). The doctor came in, said 3 staples, numbed him up and applied the metal. Wham, bam, thank you mam, out of there in 45 minutes. And NOT ONCE did Nick ever cry, flinch or complain. Totally, no big deal. 

Beware - Blood and guts below!!

Pretty In Pink

I was bound and determined to buy the boys pink polos this summer! And Ben willing chooses to wear his! He rocks the pink, and he knows it.

Happy Mother's Day

My annual Mother's Day photos - this time on the train!

More Fun At Greenfield Village

Their hobo lunches came inside bandannas which had to be worn as soon as they were done eating. I thought they looked pretty cute! We walked off lunch by going through the houses. Ben had to check out every. single. one. And if there was a historian person in there, watch out! He was asking questions. 

Then we took a little break by the pond to watch the fish and ducks and take more mommy and me pictures ;)

New since we had been there last was a playground. It is totally awesome!! I would say it is one of the most awesome playgrounds I have ever seen. The boys loved it (maybe a little bit too much when Ben decided he didn't want to leave and ran away...)

The Animals of Greenfield Village

But really, what the boys liked best at Greenfield Village, was the animals. They got to see sheep and chickens, a rooster, a cow, horses, ducks and fish. 

Around the Roundhouse We Go!

Ben got to work the roundhouse turn table! You had to be 6 or older, so Nick only got to observe. 

He was pushing hard!

But when it was time to stop, he needed a little extra help. His 55lbs couldn't quite stop the 55+ tons of metal he was moving.